Study?
This reason was perfectly fine.
Two university students in a room, apart from studying, what else could they do?
For instance, what else could two actors do in a room, aside from discussing a script?
One does what one’s identity suggests.
Students would definitely be studying, right?
Luofeng glanced at Bai Ningbing, whose face was flushed. He walked out of the bedroom first and saw Tangya in the living room.
"Auntie, you got off work so early today?" Luofeng said.
"Our company just finalized the contract with yours. They’ll be attending your company’s celebration banquet and will probably be drinking, so I ca back early!" Tangya replied.
Luofeng chuckled to himself. This Tangya is quite self-aware.
Actually, Luofeng had misjudged her; he had assud Tangya couldn’t hold her liquor, but that wasn’t the case.
If I weren’t reluctant to use my ’cheats,’ how could such thoughts truly be hidden from ? But is it really interesting to see right through soone? When first getting to know soone, using my abilities to quickly build rapport was sufficient. There was no need to delve deeper into their every thought.
"By the way, Auntie, while Ningbing and I were out shopping today, I casually bought a gift for you. It’s a thank-you gift for securing such favorable terms for Jiai!" Luofeng said.
This sort of excuse might work on Bai Ningbing. But on Tangya? Wasn’t that a bit too transparent? After all, Jiai holds the purse strings, and banks are the flatterers, right?
Actually, Luofeng was just giving Tangya a plausible reason for the gift so she wouldn’t accidentally say the wrong thing in front of Bai Ningbing.
Tangya didn’t point it out. "What gift?"
Luofeng picked up the shopping bag from the sofa and took out both the dark brown and light brown bags.
"This patchwork ssenger bag looks very vibrant. It’s perfect for you, Auntie!" Luofeng discreetly complinted Tangya on her youthfulness.
Tangya smiled at Luofeng; she understood his implication.
Just then, Bai Ningbing ca out. Her complexion had returned to its usual fairness, though a slight flush remained on her neck.
"Mom, we also bought you a scarf. Take a look, do you like it?" Bai Ningbing said, taking out four scarves for her mother to choose from.
Tangya, aware of the price of an LV scarf, once again inwardly marveled at how well Luofeng treated Bai Ningbing. But why include a gift for her as well? This was still a crucial question.
"Auntie, Ningbing, I need to leave now. My dad ssaged ; I have to attend the celebration banquet at Jiai!" Luofeng stood up and put his phone in his pocket.
His dad intended for him to take over the company in the future, so these activities were necessary.
Tangya nodded. "Alright then. I heard Hengda Real Estate will also be at the party. You should hurry over. You’re the star of the show today!"
Bai Ningbing added, "By the way, Luofeng, I’m going shopping with Li Fei’er and the others tomorrow!"
"Do you need to co with you?" Luofeng asked.
"The point is, I *don’t* need you to co with !" Bai Ningbing said. "They’re all still single, and they specifically told not to bring you!"
"That’s harsh!" Luofeng pretended to be dissatisfied.
It’s a good opportunity to visit Little Fairy tomorrow, anyway.
Luofeng left Bai Ningbing’s house and headed for Jiai Construction Company.
At Bai Ningbing’s house, after Luofeng had left, Tangya tried on the LV scarf and asked, "How much of his money did you spend this ti?"
"Huh?" Bai Ningbing looked puzzled.
"What’s the deal with all these things?" Tangya inquired.
"We went to the mall today. Luofeng was buying a bag for his dad and just bought ours at the sa ti!" Bai Ningbing replied.
Tangya looked at her daughter, a slight headache forming. Bai Ningbing’s understanding of money... it seems a bit fuzzy, doesn’t it?
"How much did all this cost?" Tangya asked.
"About fifty thousand yuan, I think?"
Seeing this, Tangya’s headache worsened. She began to lecture, "Ningbing, you need to understand what fifty thousand yuan really ans!"
"I know!" Bai Ningbing said.
"No, you don’t!" Tangya retorted. "My pre-tax salary is only ten thousand yuan. After all the miscellaneous deductions, I only take ho 7,500 yuan! Even if I worked for six months without eating or drinking, I still couldn’t save fifty thousand yuan!"
Bai Ningbing argued, "Mom, I know what you’re going to say, but isn’t your thinking a bit outdated?"
Tangya looked at Bai Ningbing silently.
"We’ve discussed this before, Mom. Tis have changed; we must analyze each specific situation," Bai Ningbing explained. "Luofeng spending money on is one way he shows he likes ! This way of showing affection is essentially no different from him getting food for or fetching water. Why do so many people find the act of spending money to show affection distasteful, even demonizing and discrediting it? The real reason is that wealthy people are a minority. Most people can’t afford such gestures and, lacking a voice in the matter, all sorts of strange opinions erge!"
Earning Good Feeling Degree through money? Is there a problem with that?
Just like Bai Ningbing said, in essence, there is no difference in the ways of earning good feelings. It’s just that flatterers who can only deliver water and offer daily greetings see this, and their envy twists their perception of it.
"For Luofeng, he wants to treat well, and he wants to know it, so he’s willing to buy things for , and I didn’t stop him!" Bai Ningbing continued.
"If I resisted, refused his kindness, and insisted on drawing clear financial lines between us, wouldn’t that be telling him I don’t want to accept his affection?"
"Money is just one way to show affection, Mom. Look at it fairly. Treat it like any other act of kindness. For example, if I were sick, and Luofeng brought cold dicine and took care of , wouldn’t you accept that kind of affection?"
Upon hearing this, Tangya countered, "But giving gifts isn’t the sa as taking care of you when you’re sick!"
"Let’s ignore for a mont whether Luofeng would actually be able to take care of if I were sick," Bai Ningbing said. "Bringing dicine to a sick person—isn’t that fundantally an act of kindness?"
"Of course, it is!"
"And shopping and giving gifts—isn’t that also an act of kindness?" Bai Ningbing pressed. "You might argue that giving gifts isn’t necessarily being kind, but taking care of soone when they’re sick isn’t always purely altruistic either. What if the sick person is your superior?"
Tangya couldn’t refute that point. If it wasn’t out of kindness, why would he be willing to spend so much money on her?
"So, there is no fundantal difference," Bai Ningbing concluded. "Both are ways of being kind. It’s just that more people can manage to bring dicine to the sick, and this act gains general approval, so people think this thod is ’right.’ But because many people can’t express affection through money, do they then consider it ’wrong’?"
Tangya was silent. She had been convinced by Bai Ningbing’s argunt.
Because looking beyond appearances to the essence, what Bai Ningbing said truly hit the nail on the head.
For instance, liking soone because they’re handso? Or liking soone because they’re wealthy.
Essentially, it’s because such n are rare, right? After all, handso guys are few and far between. Wealthy n are scarce too.
But why is liking soone because they’re handso considered love, yet liking soone for their wealth gets you mocked?
Then you’ll definitely say, if the wealthy person suddenly lost their money, would you still like them?
And what if a handso guy suddenly got disfigured? Would you still like him? *That* would be true love, then.
The correct viewpoint is that whether you like soone for their looks or their good family background, it’s your free choice.
But apart from being handso, if that person has no other redeeming qualities, shouldn’t you think twice?
And apart from being wealthy, if that person is a jerk, would you still marry him?
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